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*COUNTDOWN TO THE FINALE!* Xena: Warrior Princess 1x23: Death Mask REACTION (Patreon)

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2025-10-26 21:00:02
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The second to last episode of the season, who would have thought we would ever get here?! Well enjoy this last bit of fun with Xena's big brother before we dive into the finale!!

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XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS | S01E23 - Death Mask

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MsMcGoo

Not the best episode, but some great xena and Gabriella moments. Gabriella sticking up for her self and not being left behind was great.

mary smith

Yeah, never really cared much for this one. It does feel like filler. One part of me expected more of the warlord that turned Xena evil, but then Xena was so young at the time maybe any random warlord attacking her village would of. In terms of ages, the show really never firmly states anything and the timelines you have to do some quantum physics to fit all of Xena's past into lol. But I've always thought Xena was anywhere from 26-29 in sins of the past and gabrielle was 16-18. The only solid references to time we have come from season 2 and stuff from '10 winters ago'.

MsMcGoo

I think the sins of the past script for Gabrielle it says “about 18 years old”.

Herbert West MD

Best part is Gabrille standing up for herself after a whole season of being left behind, that's growth 🤪 she ain't waiting in the tavern anymore , good for her

Herbert West MD

Yeah I agree with that , I feel like Xena is in her late 20s at the beginning of the series and is a good decade older than Gabrielle, so Xena was around 18-19 when Cortese attacked her village

Leslie M

This episode seems like a big lost opportunity. Xena finally gets to confront Cortese, the guy who destroyed her village, killed her brother and set her on the path to evil, and he's a dud. Just another slightly silly, easily-disposed-of villain of the week. A confrontation like that should have been built up over a few episodes, with Xena telling Gabby her feelings about the guy, her desire for revenge, whatever. And he should have been a genuinely scary bad guy. And Xena's newly invented brother Toris is too whiny and ineffectual. So, some interesting ideas, but not well executed, imo.

Leslie M

As far as Xena's age and the timing of events in her past, I gave up on trying to figure that out years ago. There's no way on earth she could have crammed all the stuff we find out about in her past in the "10 years ago" that she mentions repeatedly, and it will just give you a headache to try.

Leslie M

I agree. The Gabrielle stuff is the best thing in the episode!

TammyXE

Did I hear Tash correctly that the season finale and some of season 2 are already out on Patreon? Can't find it. Can't wait! Love X & G and Tash and Hunter 's reactions

2 Girls 1 Episode

You did but that message is addressed to our Youtube viewers 🥰 thank you for liking our reactions! -Hunter

TammyXE

I figured..I'm just soooo excited. thx

Lea

... this is the WORST episode of the season for me... the worst... it is even worse than The Titans or the Academy of the Performing Bards recap episode... and its the way they made Toris... whether it was the actor, director, whoever's choice, they made him super-aggressive, the whole time which made me just not care... he was one note... even with Cyrene in Sins of the Past, who was super mean to Xena, the actress played it with an undertone that you knew she was just wanting to believe in Xena, regardless of what she said... so you end up liking her mom, regardless of how she acted, because ya WANT to... we all love lyceus because of the way Xena talks about him and explains him... but Toris is alive and NOBODY ever misses him as a part of Xena's life 🤣 🤣... there's a reason for that... ... that said, I love hunter's reactions to the gabrielle/xena interactions... and poor tash, I feel worse every time because she has to keep her thoughts schooled and some scenes - ahem, breast dagger, ahem - she just can't... I was sitting here, hands over MY eyes, knowing its coming up and i'm not even being seen by anybody watching this... but poor tash 🤣 🤣 she tried soooo hard, then the scene hit and we lost her... funny stuff... made re-watching this one not soooo horrible...

2 Girls 1 Episode

This was definitely a missed opportunity of a villain and I think it was definitely the choice in actor. He was not this terrifying warlord, but i also like to think that maybe Xena remembered him far worse than he actually was based on what he did to her family, but was a waste of an episode. - Tash

2 Girls 1 Episode

I try as hard as I can but sometimes i just can't help myself hahaha - Tash

HiCo

To answer Hunter's question from the start, the show has 3 main story threads which cross all 6 seasons. Xena's redemption quest dealing with her coming to terms and trying to atone for her sins of the past. Gabrielle simultaneously is on the classic hero's journey quest. The third, is the greatest love story ever told!

HiCo

This episode though... While it makes sense for one dealing with who made Xena right after introducing Callisto, this is such a weak one.

2 Girls 1 Episode

The fact that I gave this a 9 my god. I was so clouded hahahaha. This episode is like a 3 to me now 😭😅

Rayve

This is about a 4.5 for me. I like the backstory for Xena, Gabrielle’s confidence and trying to learn new fighting skills, and bonus breast dagger call back!! but Toris is not one of my favorite characters. It’s one I skip if I’m doing a rewatch. Great reaction here though!

Girl4Music

This week on ‘They’re So Married’ A bold as brass Bard tells off the deadly ex-Destroyer of Nations. Xena’s amused over Gabrielle having the audacity to talk to her like that when the men in her army would think twice about doing such a dangerous thing. In other news… Xena has another brother… But that’s not important, Lyceus was a lot closer to Xena than Toris ever was. Honestly why did they even introduce a second brother into the narrative? Why was it even necessary? Honestly. I feel like whoever wrote ‘Death Mask’ just didn’t understand the assignment at all. Xena has one brother Gabrielle has one sister That’s the show I watch.

Girl4Music

It's easily the worst of the season and it's such a shame because if Cortese wasn't so weaksauce as the man than spun Xena's web out of orbit and they actually tried to deliver that backstory in a way that justified Xena's turn to evil... maybe I could have tolerated Toris as the older brother that has to learn something in this episode. But him coupled with the weaksauce villain as well as a pitiful justification for Evil Xena... just... yeah. It's a real shame.

Girl4Music

Yeah, you'll put it even lower once you get into the thick of Xena's backstory. You'll forget there ever was a Cortese or a Toris. This is very much a "finding its footing" type of episode in Season 1. There is other characters that better justify Xena's turn to evil.

Girl4Music

I say the exact same thing. 😆 Yep... that indeed is the 3 main storylines. And the great thing about it is, they all interweave together so that you get a redemption story, a coming of age story and a love story all at the same time, all building on each other.

Girl4Music

I just say Xena and Gabrielle are 10 years apart and I figure out their ages at the start of the show and the end of the show from that. How long they've been together. Whether as friends or lovers.

Girl4Music

That's the only redeeming part of this episode. I have to say. Gabrielle's scolding of Xena for constantly telling her to disappear every time Xena has to do something dangerous and doesn't want to involve her. She's right. There's never a safe time to be around her. So better get to learning how to defend herself and others to save Xena the anguish of having to constantly deal with her hostage-prone ass. She's not making it any easier on either of them by sheltering her from all the violence and pain. I get that she wants to protect her from all that but she's got to learn to put aside her anxiety on that and start treating her like an equal partner - and I mean that in EVERY context.

Girl4Music

Gabrielle - 18/Xena - 28. 10 years apart. It seems right. If people are bothered by the huge age difference because they're interpreted as romantically involved... that's their shit to deal with. In terms of the storytelling itself, I think it works to understand them.